Airplane Pictures - Stored or Out of Service

Ilyushin Il-62, B-2026

While exiting Zhengzhou going to Luoyang (Henan Province, People's Republic of China) in August 2001, I suddenly saw a familiar silhouette by the roadside. Yet we were not near the airport (CGO), at least it didn't look like an airport! What was this Ilyoushin Il-62 fuselage doing there?

Our guide told us it was put there by an entrepreneur wishing to transform it into a restaurant. I do not know if the project is abandonned or under way

However, an information received relayed by Alexandre Avrane from Colin Ballantine who is the recognized expert on Chinese aviation matter states that this aircraft is like a coordination office and is not a road side restaurant. (Got more info on this matter?)

I asked a friend to translate the inscriptions on the fuselage side.

Zhong Guo Min Hang : Chineese People's Plane

He Nan Hang : Henan Plane

Kong Shi Pin You Xian Gong Si : Food Company Limited

According to Colin Ballantine, CAAC is on both sides of the fuselage followed by HUBEI Aviation Catering Company.

The CAAC logo near the cockpit is reminescent of a very similar logo seen years ago on Soviet Aeroflot planes. This lookalike logo dates probably from the communist era in China.

I found other informations on the web site http://aerotransport.nexenservices.com/ You will find interiesting info. For this plane, click on "fleets, "China" and then "CAAC"). Before being retired, it flew for the CAAC/Civil Aviation Administration of China . This company was divided in 1975 into various companies.

The engines were taken out, but the tail wheel is still in place and, like any other Il-62 in service, it must be quite useful to prevent the fuselage tail hiting the ground.

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